Regional analysis of low flow using L-moments for Dongjiang basin, South China

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1051-1064

  Chen, Yongqin David ^a   Huang, Guoru ^b   Shao, Quanxi ^c   Xu, Chong Yu ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Homogeneous region; L moments; Lognormal distribution; Low flow; Regional frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

L-MOMENTS; LOW FLOW; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

BASIN ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; WATER FLOW;

ASIA; CHINA; DONG BASIN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG;

EID: 33845304684     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.6.1051     Document Type: Article

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